Become educated about different learning disabilities. As an adult education teacher, you must be knowledgeable about common learning disabilities since students in your class may have them. You need to be able to identify learning disabilities since some adults may never have been diagnosed.
Determine what you plan to teach. This will be based on the knowledge level and aptitude of students in your adult education class. You may be teaching adults with learning difficulties who simply need help preparing to take the GED test to enter the workforce, or you may be teaching adults with severe learning disabilities who need to learn both basic survival and daily care skills.
Assess individual learning styles. There are different ways that people learn information. Some are visual and learn from seeing information while others are tactile and learn from doing things. Knowing how to assess and identify different learning styles in adults, you can cater the information you're teaching to each individual with learning difficulties to their preferred learning style. This can help increase the chances of success that they learn and retain the information.
Relate information to everyday life. Adults able to see how information they are learning in class applies to the outside world have better odds of remembering what they are learning.
Provide positive feedback for students. Some of the adult students you're teaching with learning difficulties or disabilities are in your class because they dropped out of school. Some have not had encouragement in regards to their education and may have even been insulted about their intelligence. Giving positive feedback to these students can inspire confidence within themselves and make them more committed to their educational goals.